Field-Judging Buck Age Example II

[TheLBLman]

I'll later post pics of this buck WITH his antlers visible.

This is a Stewart County, TN buck that walked in front of a trail cam on 10-26-2009.

Please post why you believe he's the probable age you think.
THANKS!

P.S. A hunter has since killed this buck and allowed me to take pics of his lower jawbones. I'll post those pics later as well, but in the meantime, what would you have guessed the age of this buck had you seen him in the field? :grin:

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

3.5 or less

 

[DeerJay3]

I aint the best but il give it a shot...Id say 3 1/2..A lil belly, pretty good size neck and got a lil meat on his hind quarters.That field may be alil tall but he has the short leg look to me...But its just a young Redneck guess

 

[Yeti]

thin neck and very little belly sag, i say solid 2.5 year old buck

 

[Biggun4214]

2.5

 

[Southpaw]

2.5

 

[Reddirt24]

2.5

 

[CopperHead77]

3.5,looks like too much neck to be 2.5.

 

[megalomaniac]

2.5 or 3.5.... def not yet mature

 

[Tree Tramp]

3.5 or less

yep

 

[mossyhorns300]

I'm no good at this at all, but I want to say 2.5, but looking at his neck I'm leaning towards 3.5. His hams look under-developed to me and the way his belly turns up into his hind-quarters lead me to believe that he's a really good 2.5 or a possibly a 3.5. Some reason his back legs seem awful skinny and lanky to me.

 

[Kirk]

4.5 year old EHD survivor.

 

[A/M/G]

4.5

 

[Chris Tripp]

I feel he is 4.5+, looks like he has been emaciated in the past, whether EHD or another injury or stress related cause.

 

[W.Seay]

1 1/2 or 2 1/2 at most. His neck looks way to thin to be older than 2 1/2.

 

[encore_barkin]

1 1/2

 

[W.Seay]

We're waiting Wes

 

[W.Seay]

He doesn't look very healthy if he is an older buck.

 

[W.Seay]

My final guess is 2 1/2

 

[BowGuy84]

2.5 not an bulk to sholders but a little gut on him. longer legs and got the early swell to his nect exhibited by 2.5s that know just what a pleasure the approaching rut can be